# δάφνη
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* δᾰ́φνᾱ (dắphnā) — Doric
* δαύχνα (daúkhna) — Thessalian
* λᾰ́φνη (lắphnē) — Epic

### Etymology

Beekes reconstructs a possible Pre-Greek stem *dakʷ-(n-).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dá.pʰnɛː/ → /ˈða.ɸni/ → /ˈða.fni/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /dá.pʰnɛː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈda.pʰne̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈða.ɸni/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈða.fni/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈða.fni/

### Noun

δᾰ́φνη • (dắphnē) f (genitive δᾰ́φνης); first declension
* sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)
    Synonym: λᾰδωνῐ́ς (lădōnĭ́s)

#### Derived terms

* δαφνηφόρος (daphnēphóros)
* δάφνινος (dáphninos)
* Δάφνις (Dáphnis)
* δαφνίς (daphnís)
* δᾰφνῖτῐς (dăphnîtĭs)
* δαφνώδης (daphnṓdēs)

#### Descendants

* Greek: δάφνη (dáfni)
** → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme — dialectal
** → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni / dafne, dhafni / dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
** → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
** → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
** → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
** → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn / да̀фӣн
** → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
** → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
*** Turkish: defne
*** → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
*** → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʻēfnē)
*** → Uzbek: dafna
** → Albanian: dafinë
* → Arabic: دِفْلَى (diflā), دِفْلَة (difla), تِفْلَة (tifla)
** → Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡐࡋࡀ
** → Middle Armenian: տֆլայ (tflay), տիֆլայ (tiflay)
** → Spanish: adelfa
*** → Cebuano: adelpa
*** → Hiligaynon: adelpa
*** → Tagalog: adelpa
* → Hebrew: דַּפְנָה (dafná)
* → Late Latin: daphinus
** Romanian: dafin, afin
* Translingual: Daphne
** → English: daphne
* → Old Armenian: դափնի (dapʻni), դաբնի (dabni), դափնէ (dapʻnē), դափնիդ (dapʻnid), դաբնիդ (dabnid), դաբնիա (dabnia), դաբնիդայ (dabniday), դաբնիդեայ (dabnideay), դափնիտեայ (dapʻniteay), դաբնընդեմ (dabnəndem)
** Armenian: դափնի (dapʻni)
** →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
*** Middle Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
**** ⇒ Georgian: დაფნა (dapna)
* →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)

### References

* “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “δάφνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* δάφνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δάφνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307
* δάφνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* δάφνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. bay idem, page 65.laurel idem, page 479.
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դափնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 643a

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē).

### Noun

δάφνη • (dáfni) f (plural δάφνες)
* laurel, bay (tree)
* (cooking) bay, bay leaf
    φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf
* (figuratively) victory, triumph
    δρέπω δάφνες ― drépo dáfnes ― reap the laurels

#### Descendants

(some likely from earlier stages or through Latin)
* → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme — dialectal
* → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni / dafne, dhafni / dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
* → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
* → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
* → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
* → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn / да̀фӣн
* → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
* → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
** Turkish: defne
** → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
** → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʻēfnē)
** → Uzbek: dafna

### Further reading

* δάφνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$